# PDB_NAME

Output name for the MS debug symbol `.pdb` file generated by the linker for an executable or shared library target.

This property specifies the base name for the debug symbols file. If not set, the `OUTPUT_NAME` target property value or logical target name is used by default.

Note

This property does not apply to STATIC library targets because no linker is invoked to produce them so they have no linker-generated `.pdb` file containing debug symbols.

The linker-generated program database files are specified by the `/pdb` linker flag and are not the same as compiler-generated program database files specified by the `/Fd` compiler flag. Use the `COMPILE_PDB_NAME` property to specify the latter.